Weather-strip.



No. 862,023. PATENTED JULY 30, 1907. J. A; SGROGGINS & 1). T. MILES.

WEATHER STRIP. APPLICATION FILED 0011, 190a UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIGE.

JAMES A. SGROGGINS, 0F WALNUT GROVE, AND DAVID T. MILES, OF PHENIX, MISSOURI.

WEATHER-STRIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 30, 1907.

Application filed October 1, 1906. $B 1l 336,910.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES A. Sonoeems and DAVID T. MILES, citizens of the United States, residing at Walnut Grove and Phenix, respectively, in the county of Greene and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Weather- Strips, of which the following is a specification.

The object of our invention is to provide an improved construction of weather strip which will effectively exclude cold and moisture from the threshold of a door when the latter is closed and which will be composed of few and simple parts that will be cheap to manufacture and easy to assemble as well as efficient in operation.

The invention provides means whereby the strip proper may be readily detached from the door when it is not desired to use the strip and is readily applied whenever necessary, without the use of any tools and without the knowledge of'carpentry.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating my improved weather strip. Figs. 2 and 3 are vertical sectional views looking in two opposite directions, respectively. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one of the binding strips of the invention. Fig. 5 is a similar view of the other binding strip. Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view of the binding strip illustrated in Fig. 4. Fig. 7

is a detail sectional view taken through a modified form of Weather strip and bracket to which it is secured. Fig. 8 is a detail face view of one end portion of the weather strip and one of the binding plates therefor.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates a door frame, 2 the threshold or saddle thereof, 3 the door stops or abutting strips for the door, and 4 the door.

Secured by screws or similar fastening means to the lower edge of the door 4 is a supporting bracket 5 in the form of a transversely extending bar formed with a recess 6 extending throughout its length and curved as shown, and having a contracted slot or mouth 7 opening outwardly. The weather strip 8 substantially of ogee shape in cross-section is provided at one edge with a rounded head 9 connected to the main portion of the strip by a reduced neck 10 projecting outwardly through the slot 7, and the parts are applied by inserting the bead endwise in the recess in a manner that is manifest, this resulting in detachably hinging the weather strip to its supporting bracket 5. To maintain the parts in their relative operative positions, the

weather strip 8 is provided with a groove 11 in which a set screw 12 is received, said screw working through the bracket 5 as illustrated in the drawing. The curved wear plate 13 is preferably provided, said plate extending along the floor and leading up one side of the saddle 2 so as to receive the wear of the inner lower edge of the weather strip as the door swings to and fro.

Reference numerals 14 and 15 designate, respectively, two binding plates that are secured to the side of the door case and underneath the door stops 3 which are cut away for this purpose, The innermost binding plate 15, which is contiguous to the hinged edge of the door, is provided with a comparatively short upwardly extending lip 16 adapted to take under or back of the weather strip 8 at one end thereof when the door is closed, and provided with a groove 17 designed to carry off moisture. The other binding plate 14, located at the opposite side of the door frame, is provided with an outstanding lip 18, preferably much thicker than the lip 16, and extending to a higher point and curved on its rear face with the same substantial contour as the weather strip 8 and the bracket 5 combined. This lip 18 is intended to extend out over the outer face of the weather strip and its bracket, as clearly illustrated in the drawings, and the two lips in conjunction extend over the opposite faces of the weather strip at the ends thereof so as to assist in producing a moisture proof and cold excluding joint. I

When the door swings from an open to a closed posi- ,tion, the weather strip 8 rides upwardly on the wear plate 13 and then rests or rides upon the saddle 2. Towards the end of the closing movement of the door. the inner end of the strip 8 in its movement around the axis of the door hinges and towards the jamb, comes endwise to position over the lip 16 upon which it is .brought down as the outer end of the strip engages the underside of the lip 18.

If desired, the weather strip 8 may be provided near its ends with outwardly extending grooves leading from its upper edge so as to carry out moisture from the slot 7.

If preferred, the bracket and weather strip, illustrated in Fig. 7, may be employed. This modification embodies a bracket 5 and a weather strip 8 secured therein in a manner similar to that before described, the modification consisting in a projecting lip 20 which is preferably formed integrally with the bracket and which overhangs the receiving slot 7 From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be seenthat we have provided a simple and efficient construction of weather strip which will effectively exclude cold and moisture from the threshold of the door, and which weather strip 8 may be readily removed whenever it is not necessary, by merely loosening the said screw 12 and sliding the Weather strip outwardly from its sup porting bracket.

As seen best in Fig. 8, one corner 01": the weather strip 8 is slightly rounded off so that the Weather strip will shut closer to the door jamb and not interfere'with the opening and closing the door, and the lip 18 of the binding plate 14 is corresponding1y thickened orwidened to compensate for the rounded corner so as to secure a tight joint.

Having thus described the invention What is claimed as new is:

The combination of a doorv frame and a door hinged thereto, of. a weather strip carried by. said door and adapted to drop over the edge of the saddle of said frame when the door is closed, and binding plates secured .in ,opposite sides of the door frame at the lower ends thereof, said plates being provided with outstanding lips adapted to engage the ends of the strips on opposite faces thereof, the lip at the innermost end of the latter being provided with a groove constituting a drain.

In testimonywhereof we aflix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES A. SCROGGINS. [L. 8.] DAVID 1. MILES. [L. 5.] Witnesses z '.T. N. SMITH,

E. W. OSBORNE. 

